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Sideline Support  Inside the athletic facility adjoining the practice fields for Georgia State University's football team, College of Education students Jessica Hemsley and Jacob Keller make sure the players are in tip-top shape for practice.
Hemsley and Keller, who are first-year graduate students in the Department of Kinesiology and Health's sports medicine program, also attend games and prepare team members to be healthy, hydrated and ready to play. They recently sat down to discuss the sports medicine program, their career aspirations and what it's like to work with the football team. Q: When did you first become interested in sports medicine? Jacob: In high school, I played baseball and the athletic trainer really got me interested in sports medicine. I took his class on basic first aid and when I got to college, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. In researching different collegiate programs, I decided to study athletic training and sports medicine. Jessica: For me, my family pushed athletics a lot and the importance of being physically active and healthy. So growing up, I played a lot of different sports and always had an appreciation for them. Also, I was more of a math and science person, so I wanted to find that equal balance of the sciences and medicine, along with working in the sports field and with athletes. I also wanted to attend games and practices as often as possible. Being involved in that kind of environment was ideal for me. To read more about Hemsley and Keller, click here.
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Upcoming Events in the College of Education
Research Wednesdays Speaker Series
Nov. 16, 2011 
12 p.m.
College of Education, room 1025
30 Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Presenter: Robert Thornberg
Robert Thornberg is an associate professor of education in the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at Linköping University in Sweden. He is a board member of the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) and coordinator for the NERA Network for Empirical Research on Value Issues in Education. Thornberg is a research member of Field Research on Organizations and Groups, a Scandinavian research network for researchers active within the fields of group, social and organizational psychology, and a research member of the network Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe (CiCe). He is a deputy member of the Regional Ethical Review Board in Linköping, Sweden, and is an international research faculty member of the College of Education's Center for Research on School Safety, School Climate and Classroom Management. His research interests include values and norms in everyday school life, school rules, classroom management, motivation, self-efficacy, moral disengagement, empathy and bullying.
Research Wednesdays is held every Wednesday of the month. A light lunch will be provided to those who confirm their attendance to Erin Whitney in the COE's Educational Research Bureau at (404) 413-8090 or ewhitney@gsu.edu. For more information about the Research Wednesdays Speaker Series, click here.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that visiting campus is one of the best ways to see your contributions at work?
You may be able to visit one of our six departments in the College of Education, or even meet with a student that is in your favorite field of study.
If you would like to know how you can help the College of Education with general funding or if you are interested in creating a fund that will help students specifically, please contact Stephanie Douglas, director of development, at
(404) 413-8132 or sdouglas3@gsu.edu.
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For more detailed information on giving or endowing a scholarship, please contact Stephanie Douglas, director of development, at
To make your contribution online, please click here.
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